First, name the couple and decide on their year of marriage. Next, roll the dice for each year to find out what happens to your couple over the course of ten years. Write your own story as you play the game.

DW's name:
DH's name:
Year of marriage:

Year One: New Addition (person) to the Family (Birth/Adoption/Other Addition) (You can choose birth, adoption, or other addition)
Roll the dice...

Other Addition:
1: One of the grandparents comes to live with the family!
2: The family hires live-in help of some kind!
3: Free Choice
4: A parent's younger brother/sister comes to live with the family!
5: A family friend comes to live with the family!
6: The family adopts a niece/nephew!
7: An exchange student comes (you can decide how long and where they are from)!
8: A parent's older brother/sister comes to live with the family!
9: One of the grandparents comes to live with the family!
10: Free Choice
11: An exchange student comes (you can decide how long and where they are from)!
12: More than one person comes to live with the family (you choose whom and why)!

Looks and ages are up to you. See below for names.

Names (for all 3 categories) (roll once for FN, then again for MN)
1: Starts with a vowel
2: A word or place name
3: A name you consider very feminine or very masculine (depending on gender)
4: Starts with a consonant
5: An uncommon name
6: Ends with a vowel
7: Unisex
8: A popular name
9: Free choice
10: Has a double letter
11: Ends with a consonant
12: One of your favorite names

Year Two: Family Adds a Pet! (Names, genders, and varieties are up to you)
Roll the dice...

Year Three: Family negatively affected by an illness or natural disaster
Roll the dice...

1: The whole family gets sick! What do they have and how long does it take to recover?
2: A minor disaster hits the area.
3: Someone in the family has a minor injury.
4: Your choice of scenario (choose from those listed or make up your own).
5: Someone has a major illness, but recovers!
6: Someone in the family has a minor illness.
7: A major disaster hits the area.
8: Your choice of scenario (choose from those listed or make up your own)
9: Strong storms affect the area!
10: Someone in the family is hospitalized. Why and for how long?
11: Someone breaks a bone!
12: Someone in the family now has a permanent injury/illness.

Year Four: Family moves to a new place!
Roll the dice...

1: Someone gets a new job, forcing a move across the country!
2: The family moves to Australia or another island country. Where, and why?
3: The family moves somewhere in Central or South America. Where, and why?
4: The family moves to be closer to the extended family!
5: The family moves to somewhere in Europe. Where, and why?
6: The family moves to a new state/province/area within the country! Why?
7: The family's current residence is no longer suitable, so they decide to move! Why?
8: Free choice of location and scenario.
9: The family moves to somewhere in Asia. Where, and why?
10: The family moves somewhere in Africa. Where, and why?
11: The family moves somewhere in North America. Where, and why?
12: Someone gets a promotion, and the family moves to a larger residence!

Year Five: Family affected by someone's change of career!
Roll the dice...

1: The family moves to a new location because of a change in job!
2: Promotion--what does the family do with the increase in income?
3: Job loss--why and does the person find a new job?
4: Go back to school--what does the person study and why the change?
5: Your choice of scenario.
6: Hours cut/demotion--what happened?
7: Totally new career field! Why, and which area does the person choose?
8: New job within the career field.
9: The family moves to a new location because of a change in job!
10: Job loss--why and does the person find a new job?
11: New job within the career field.
12: Promotion--what does the family do with the increase in income?

Year Six: New Addition (person): You can choose birth, adoption, or other addition, then see below
Roll the dice from year one.

Year Seven: Family positively affected by a financial event--what does your family do with the money?
Roll the dice...

Year Nine: Family Adds a Pet! (Names, genders, and varieties are your choice)
Roll the dice from year two.

Year Ten: New Addition (person): You can choose birth, adoption, or other addition, then see below
Roll the dice from year one.

Year Eleven: Something good happens! What happens and how does the family respond?
Roll the dice...

1: Your choice of scenario.
2: Unexpected promotion/pay raise!
3: Surprise pregnancy! Welcome a new baby girl OR boy to the family!
4: Someone wins a large sum of money!
5: Someone accomplishes a life goal/ambition!
6: Family vacation to an exotic or faraway location!
7: Someone learns a new skill and makes money doing it!
8: The family receives a large sum of money!
9: Your choice of scenario.
10: The family enjoys an all-expenses paid trip!
11: Someone receives an award!
12: Someone takes up a new hobby and is amazing at it!

Year Twelve: New Addition to the family (either a person or a pet)
Roll the dice from either year one or two.

2008 - William 'Liam' James O'Connor and Lillian 'Lily' Rosemary Brown marry.2009 - William 'Will' James O'Connor Jr is born.2010 - Elizabeth 'Liz' the Corgi is adopted.2011 - The family car is hit by a drunk driver. Lily breaks her arm.2012 - The family move across the country to Cornwall when Liam is offered a promotion.2013 - Lily quits her job to open an old fashioned sweet shop.2014 - Eleanor 'Ellie' Rose O'Connor is born.2015 - Liam's father dies and leaves the family a large inheritance. They buy a larger house.2016 - Lily's sweet shop is robbed at gunpoint. She is unharmed.2017 - Philip 'Phil' the Corgi is adopted.2018 - Dexter 'Dex' Theron O'Connor is born.2019 - Catherine 'Cate' Lily O'Connor is born.2020 - Sebastian 'Seb' Cole O'Connor is born.

Austin Alexander McCormick [23] and Kristen Teresa Casey [22] met in college and quickly grew close, their relationship blossoming. Soon after Kristen graduated, they married in a small ceremony in 2008.

Austin [23] and Kristen [22]

Year 1 - 2009

A year after their marriage, they welcome a baby boy named Gabriel Everett McCormick.

Austin [24], Kristen [23], and their son, Gabriel [nb]

Year 2 - 2010

A year after the birth of their son, Austin gets his way and brought Kristen and Gabe to a reptile expo. They end up bringing home a ball python named Monty.

Their first scary moments as parents happen during a trip to the park when Gabe tries to go head first down a slide and ended up breaking his arm! A trip to the hospital and a cast later, everyone is doing just fine!

Finally settled with both Austin and Kristen having good jobs, they decide it's time for another addition, though they are blindsided when the ultrasound shows three little heart beats! They welcome their triplets; Nora Brooklyn, Sophia Charlotte, and Elijah Daniel McCormick. After a short stay in the NICU, the babies are all home and the family is together!

The family goes through a scare as one of the triplets, Sophia, gets sick with RSV and needs to be hospitalized. It shakes up Austin and Kristen pretty well, but within two weeks, she's back at home with the family and doing much better.

In a weird turn of events, when trying to feed their snake Monty a baby rat, he refuses to eat it. Gabriel ends up demanding they keep it as a pet and that's how the family gets their pet rat Pancakes (named by the triplets).

Now that the triplets were older and in school, Kristen was starting to have empty nest syndrome. Instead of deciding to birth a child, Austin and Kristen decided to adopt! They got matched with a local sibling set; Parker Miguel [10], Jacob Dallas [7], and Hannah Natalia [2]. It took some time and some counselling but kids adjusted wonderfully to their forever home!